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Our Soldiers Are the Holiest of the Holy

16K views · Jan 1, 2024

Rabbi YY Jacobson

Discusses the relationship between gratitude and IDF soldiers, and the role of Torah learning in protection.

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to thank you for always being there for CLA Isel being a true source of inspiration during difficult times including Corona I will tell you my daughter watched your Q&A avidly and when I was going upstairs I said I have to get on a zoom she said with who I said with with Rabbi YY Jacobson she could not believe it she said wow I think she wanted to join us so thank you for being there for claw Israel during Corona and since October 7th thank you so much for joining us thank you my honor and pleasure thank you for having me rabari a privilege and pleasure so why don't we start with a very basic question there's a tug-of war it seems between some rash Yesa some saying that Tor is a and that's all we need and others are saying that we need to show for the and it's not all about learning it is all about learning but we also need to protect ourselves and we need to be active on the on the with the military we need to be out there and protecting actively CL so so where does this concept of Torah learning protects it's a shme where does that come from and if that's 100% a blanket shme why does Israel need an army wonderful question to start off I have to say that uh I feel that having this conversation itself is very very painful um I believe you know there are questions that need answers and there are questions that it's a non starter like the language of K the entire notion and even the debate about it is is very painful for me

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  1. 0:32to thank you for always being there for CLA Isel being a true source of inspiration
  2. 4:18is begins which means in simple English if you follow my statues You observe my Mitzvah
  3. 8:02physically and this is communities that are basically safe when you have a lamb surrounded by
  4. 11:55so literally hundreds of thousands what happened to you know there's something called men huh basic
  5. 15:50people said we're mixed we're integrated we're One Compares the Jewish people to one body and
  6. 19:32here these boys these young men or older men middle-aged men who are sacrificing everything is
  7. 23:19be you become a glorious source of light and love and connection and you know what
  8. 27:07students and all of our children and grandchildren from these nais that have the Glee in
  9. 30:49a and a few B and I spoke about this was years ago I spoke about
  10. 34:33they're unfortunately there are groups in our communities who are very very misguided their yish guide

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